Console Hardware Requirements

What are the minimum requirements for running AIR?

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Resource Planning

It is not possible to estimate resource requirements based solely on the number of deployed Responders. The determining factors are the type and volume of evidence collected, which can vary significantly between deployments. For instance, 1,000 Responders may generate 5 TB of evidence data, while 10,000 Responders could generate as little as 100 GB. Because of this variability, Responder count is not a reliable sizing metric.

We recommend proceeding with the installation using the suggested hardware values provided in the deployment guide, rather than attempting to calculate requirements based on the number of Responders.

As a general guideline, if you plan to deploy 20,000 or more Responders, allocate approximately double the recommended values to ensure optimal performance and scalability.

Learn more about the deployment models for AIR.

Minimum Requirements

Below are the minimum hardware requirements for AIR components:

Single Tier Deployment - Server (Console & DB)

	Minimum	Suggested
RAM	16 GB	32 GB
CPU	8 Cores	16 Cores
DISK	256 GB	512 GB

2-Tier Deployment

Console Server

	Minimum	Suggested
RAM	8 GB	16 GB
CPU	4 Cores	8 Cores
DISK	256 GB	256 GB

Database Server

	Minimum	Suggested
RAM	16 GB	32 GB
CPU	8 Cores	16 Cores
DISK	256 GB	512 GB

Cloud Platform Counterparts

Cloud Platform systems that meet the relevant hardware requirements are outlined below:

Single Tier Deployment - Server (Console & DB)

	Minimum	Suggested
Hetzner	CPX41	CPX51
Azure	D8ds_v4	D16ds_v4
AWS	c5.2xlarge	c5.4xlarge
GCP	n1-highcpu-8	n1-highcpu-16

2-Tier Deployment

Console Server

	Minimum	Suggested
Hetzner	CX41	CX51
Azure	D4ds_v4	D8s_v4
AWS	c5.xlarge	c5.2xlarge
GCP	n1-highcpu-8	n2-highcpu-16

Database Server

	Minimum	Suggested
Hetzner	CX51	CPX51
Azure	D8ds_v4	D16ds_v4
AWS	m5d.2xlarge	m5d.4xlarge
GCP	n1-highcpu-8	n2-highcpu-16